144 The Story of The Bronx 



into the boats manned by his fishermen-soldiers, whose 

 muffled oars made no sound to betray the retreat to the enemy 

 on that foggy August morning; and later, when Trenton was 

 the object of that sad but glorious Christmas march, it was 

 these same Marbleheaders who took the army across the 

 Delaware through the drifting masses of ice. 



This brigade was encamped in the neighborhood of the 

 Boston Post-road, somewhere in the town of Eastchester. 

 The British movement was concealed from the outpost near 

 the shore by the darkness of the early morning; and the land- 

 ing had actually been made before it was discovered by Glover 

 himself, who instantly sent an express to Lee at Valentine's 

 Hill, over three miles distant. It does not appear that Lee 

 gave any orders, or sent any troops to Glover's support, but 

 spent the day inactively, so that the glory of the day belongs 

 to Glover and the brave men under his command. Upon dis- 

 covering the landing, Glover at once ordered the brigade under 

 arms and advanced them toward the point, leaving his own 

 regiment with the field-pieces as a reserve under command of 

 Captain Curtis; so that the number of men actually engaged 

 in the fight which followed did not exceed four hundred. 



Glover advanced a guard of forty men in command of a 

 captain by way of the road toward City Island ; while he placed 

 the regiment of Colonel Read behind a stone wall on the north 

 side of the road, the regiment of Colonel Shepard farther to 

 the rear on the south side of the road, behind a fine double 

 stone wall, and the regiment of Colonel Baldwin still farther 

 to the rear behind the regiment of Colonel Read on the north 

 side of the road. These positions probably extended on to the 

 Prospect Hill, or "Split Rock," road. Having completed 

 his arrangements for the ambuscade, he rode forward to his 

 advanced guard. 



